2012 ACE Group Classic

NAPLES -- A few feet on the final hole has been the difference in Gil Morgan's two victories in four years in Naples' Senior PGA Tour events.

NAPLES -- For the second straight year, a senior tour rookie won his first event. Lanny Wadkins parred the third playoff hole to beat Jose Maria Canizares to win the $1.2 million ACE Group Classic on Sunday at Pelican Marsh ...

NAPLES -- In four years, Allen Doyle has gone from driving range pro to Nike Tour champion to Senior PGA Tour player. The 50-year-old former college hockey player with the unorthodox swing and the soft Georgia drawl added to that ...

Bernhard Langer was on a bicycle pushing a traffic control button with the palm of his left hand in October 2010.

NAPLES -- The good doctor is picking up where he left off in 1997. It took a little doctoring for this one, though.

NAPLES -- Spring training hasn't even started. But already, Hale Irwin is batting a thousand.

The list of competitors for the 25th anniversary of The ACE Group Classic at The TwinEagles Club, Feb. 13-19, continues to improve as tournament officials announced the additions of several Champions Tour major winners including Olin Browne, Russ Cochran, Fred ...

NAPLES -- Late Sunday afternoon, with a quiet crowd of 21,000 leaning in to watch, it was still close. But in the end, it was Al Geiberger, whose final-round lead was threatened, teased, abused and tied, who finally tucked it ...

NAPLES -- Lightning left an asterisk in the IntelliNet Challenge record books at around 12:40 p.m. Sunday. That's when the final round of the $600,000 Senior PGA Tour event at The Vineyards Country Club's South Course was canceled after a ...

NAPLES -- The real story Sunday wasn't about comebacks or birdie putts or the early leaders walking down the 18th fairway with the tournament already over.

Following up last week's ticket discount, The ACE Group Classic announced its second deal in its 25 Days of Discounts promotion today.

NAPLES -- For awhile Sunday, it looked like Mike Hill was going to take an 18-hole stroll to a championship.

NAPLES -- The 15th hole at The Vineyards Country Club is 535 moody yards with a mean streak. It was kind to Jimmy Powell on Sunday. And unforgiving to Lee Trevino.

NAPLES -- Both the weather and Lee Trevino saved their best act for the last show Sunday. And each was near perfect.

NAPLES -- The $400,000 Aetna Challenge at The Club at Pelican Bay came down to two players, a chip and a putt on Sunday.

Following last week’s commitment of 2011 ACE Group Classic champion Bernhard Langer, eight notable Champions Tour players have joined The ACE Group Classic field.

There certainly are longer, more challenging holes at The Club at Pelican Bay.

Harold Henning -- he led the ambush much of Sunday but finished third -- made reference to "The Little Man." But actually it was Gary Player who was the "Little Big Man" at The Club at Pelican Bay.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Champions Tour golf in Southwest Florida, The ACE Group Classic will offer 25 days of discounts leading up to the start of the tournament on Feb. 17 at The TwinEagles Club. Each promotion is ...

Dan Forsman won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship on Sunday for his third Champions Tour title, closing with a 3-under 69 in windy conditions for a two-stroke victory over Jay Don Blake.

Two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer has committed to defend his title at The ACE Group Classic, Feb. 13–19 at The TwinEagles Club.

Ten years ago, Naples had three professional tour golf events. Next year, even with the economy struggling and affecting the area’s once-booming real estate market, it will do so again.

Dave Hill, a 13-time winner on the PGA Tour who made three Ryder Cup appearances and won the 1969 Vardon Trophy for the tour's lowest scoring average, has died. He was 74.

The First Tee of Naples/Collier has been designated as the official host charity for The ACE Group Classic which will take place Feb. 13–19 at The TwinEagles Club and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Champions Tour event in Naples. ...

Austin Schultz of Bonita Springs holds a three-stroke lead over Estero’s Conrad Hahne after the first round of the South Florida Junior Championship at Old Corkscrew.